Fox Crafting Studio

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Hobby wood worker since 2023. I enjoy learning and trying out new techniques. Feel free to give feedback and suggestions.

Adding glue to the pieces which I saw recently.
A bowl made from walnut. It is just the beginning 😊
Box in my hands. The base is made from ash, the lid is dyed oak.
An unfinished box where I am currently considering dyeing the lid in black.
Little bowl from lime wood.
Holding the bowl in my hand. The bowl is finished with walnut oil, polishing paste, and carnauba wax.
Holding the stamp. The black triangle indicates the direction when stamping.
Thermometer showing 40 degree Celsius (= 104 degree Fahrenheit = 313.15 K) in my wood storage.
Turning a bowl made from ash. The rim of the bowl still has the bark attached.
Video showing the process of turning the bowl. Wooden shavings are everywhere :)
Top view into the bowl. Around a year ago, I tried to turn spalted beech. Back then, the surface didn't come out nicely due to bad technique, and I had to sand a lot. This one with spalted birch worked much better. Though, I may again do a similar project with spalted wood in around one year to further monitor my technique 😅
Showing the maple bowl. I finished the surface with a grinding paste, a polishing paste, and carnauba wax. The company "Drechselbedarf Schulte" offers this polishing system.
Turning the inside of the bowl.
Top view on the bread bin.
A view into the garage which I use for woodturning.
Oiling of the piece using walnut oil.
Walnut hollow form with multiple holes, which turns on the lathe.
Turning a piece of walnut. Rough turning in the beginning leading to large shavings. Final pass later leading to tiny shavings.
Turning some maple with the skew chisel. I did not expect such lovely shavings.
Side view of the bowl.
Working on a bowl from some unknown wood species.
Hollow form made from walnut. It is finished with walnut oil, polished, and waxed using carnauba wax.
Lidded box made out of walnut with a handle made out of maple.
Wooden snowmen, made from ash, maple, and pear (from left to right). The noses are made from padauk, the hat is dyed.
A bowl with a box in the middle. The base is made out of wenge, the lid is made of zebrano and ebony.
A bowl with an integrated box. The wood is wenge. It is finished with walnut oil and wax.
Bottom site of a bowl made from wenge before oiling.
A blank of wenge on the lathe, which was still slightly too big even after cutting away the edges.
Various wood blanks (e.g. wenge, zebrano, ebony, among others) and my logo made from leather. Such wonderful birthday presents. 🥰 Credits for the beautiful logo go to my brother.
Ringing the bell, which is made from mulberry wood and finished using walnut oil and wax.
Putting a glass insert into a vase made from yew.
Inside of my lathe, where a screw is missing. This screw was supposed to fix the indexing gear.
Painting acrylic paint on a round wooden piece before switching on the lathe. This silver coat was one of many coats I tried.
Removing the excess of the paste. I tried to use some walnut oil, too, hoping to remove the excess easier. I am not sure if that was necessary.
Initial turning.
A square bowl made from oak. The outer part is dyed, the inner part shows the natural wood colors.
I took an old leg from a cabinet and turned a working wooden bell out of it. The wood is beech.
Charring the bowl using a blowtorch.
Top view. I undercut the rim, which turned out very challenging. I need more practice with that...
Lathe with the bowl still attached. Lots of beautiful wooden shavings were produced during the course 😅
Bowl made from alder wood. A dark rim was made using a blowtorch, followed by some brushing.
Turning a square bowl from a small piece of oak on the lathe.
Square bowl before applying the finish.
Turning a large piece of maple into two blanks for later use.
Brushing the wood with a metal brush.
Side view of the bowl. I first brushed the wood, then dyed it and later applied the gold paste. After that, I removed the excess of the gold paste, leading to the nice contrast between gold and black.
A piece of robinia turning on the lathe. I am using a new and very sharp 5 cm Forstner bit to drill a hole in order to ease the process of hollowing it out.
Oiling the wooden bowl with walnut oil.
Crown hollowing tool and the wooden bowl, which I am working on right now.
Empty wooden rack.
Holding the salt mill in my hand. It is finished with walnut oil and wax.
A large pile of shavings from planing a couple of boards.
Some more or less successful attempts at bending wood turned objects. The lower piece cracked during the turning process. The others still need some final sanding and/or finish. I will post some of them once they are done.
Wet face mask due to water splashes from the wood. In the back you can see the blank I was working with, which was limewood.
A small bowl made from smoked oak and using some golden paste to highlight the grain.